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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Sensitive to ( সংবেদনশীল ) She is sensitive to cold.

Idioms:

  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )