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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Vexed for ( বিরক্ত (জিনিস) ) He is vexed with me for opposing him.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.

Idioms:

  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist