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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.
  • Live within ( বাঁচা ) He live within his means
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.

Idioms:

  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.