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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.
  • Rely on ( নির্ভর করা ) You can rely on him.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.

Idioms:

  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.