"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Composed of ( তৈরি ) Water is composed of Hydrogen and Oxygen.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Believe in ( বিশ্বাস করা ) I do not believe in his honesty.

Idioms:

  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.