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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Careful of ( যত্নবান ) He is careful of his money.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.
  • Invite to ( নিমন্ত্রণ করা ) I invited him to dinner.

Idioms:

  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.