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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Disgusted at ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Quarrel over ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another over the property.

Idioms:

  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.