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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Remedy for ( প্রতিকার ) There is no remedy for this disease.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Excel in ( তুলনামূলক ভাবে সুন্দর হওয়া ) He excels in painting.

Idioms:

  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.
  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.