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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.
  • Need of ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I am in need of more money.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.

Idioms:

  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.