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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.
  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.
  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.
  • Complain against ( অভিযোগ করা (অন্য ব্যক্তি) ) The complained to the Director against the Manager about her behavior.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.