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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.
  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.

Idioms:

  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.