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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.

Idioms:

  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.