"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.
  • Affection for ( স্নেহ ) The teacher feels affection for every pupils.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.

Idioms:

  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.