"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.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Free from ( মুক্ত ) He is now free from danger.
  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.

Idioms:

  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.