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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.

Idioms:

  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • walk in someone shoes ( কারো অভিজ্ঞতা বা অবস্থানে থাকা বোঝায় ) When you walk in my shoes, you might understand.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.