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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Heir to ( উত্তরাধিকারী (সম্পত্তি) ) He is the heir to his uncle’s property.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Render into ( অনুবাদ করা ) Render the passage into Hindi.

Idioms:

  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.