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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.

Idioms:

  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )