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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.
  • Remedy for ( প্রতিকার ) There is no remedy for this disease.

Idioms:

  • 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.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.