"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.
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.
  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.
  • Dispose of ( বিক্রয় করা ) He disposed of his books.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.

Idioms:

  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • 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.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )