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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Distinguish between ( প্রভেদ করা ) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause.
  • Careful of ( যত্নবান ) He is careful of his money.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.

Idioms:

  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.