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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Eligible for ( যোগ্য ) He is eligible for the post.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.

Idioms:

  • A slow coach ( কর্মকুণ্ঠ ও মন্থর ব্যাক্তি ) Roky is known as a slow coach to his friend circle.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.