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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Sick of ( পীড়িত, ক্লান্ত ) He is sick for home.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Appeal to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He appealed to the Headmaster for pardon.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.

Idioms:

  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.