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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Sick of ( পীড়িত, ক্লান্ত ) He is sick for home.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.

Idioms:

  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.