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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Access to ( প্রবেশ অধিকার ) Public has no access to this area.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Enter into ( প্রবেশ করা ) He entered into the room.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.

Idioms:

  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.