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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.

Idioms:

  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.