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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Liable to ( দায়ী ) He is liable to fine for his misconduct.
  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.
  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.