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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.

Idioms:

  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.