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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.

Idioms:

  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • A slow coach ( কর্মকুণ্ঠ ও মন্থর ব্যাক্তি ) Roky is known as a slow coach to his friend circle.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.