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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.

Idioms:

  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.