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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Differ in ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (মতামত) ) They differ in their opinions.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Attend to ( মনোযোগ দেওয়া ) Attend to your lesson.
  • Angry with ( রাগান্বিত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is angry with me for speaking against him.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.

Idioms:

  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.