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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Live within ( বাঁচা ) He live within his means
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Equal with ( সমতুল্য (ব্যক্তি) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.
  • Entitled to ( অধিকারী ) He is entitled to a reward for his honesty.
  • Affectionate to ( স্নেহশীল ) He is affectionate to me.

Idioms:

  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?