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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Cope with ( সামলানো ) I cannot cope with the situation.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Open to ( উন্মুক্ত ) His plan is open to objection.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Look for ( খোঁজা ) I am looking for a good job.
  • Heir of ( উত্তরাধিকারী (ব্যক্তি) ) He is the heir of his uncle.

Idioms:

  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.