"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.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Abound with ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) The ocean abounds with fish.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.

Idioms:

  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family