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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Composed of ( তৈরি ) Water is composed of Hydrogen and Oxygen.
  • Count upon ( নির্ভর করা ) I count upon your help for this work.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.

Idioms:

  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )