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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Blind to ( দোষের প্রতি অন্ধ ) He is blind to his won faults.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Sensible of ( বোধ সম্পন্ন ) She is sensible of the risk.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.

Idioms:

  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.