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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Cure of ( আরগ্য হওয়া ) He will be cured of the disease very soon.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Ignorant of ( অজ্ঞ ) He is ignorant of this rule.
  • Qualified for ( যোগ্য ) He is qualified for the post.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.