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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Burst into ( ভেঙ্গে পড়া ) He burst into tears at the sad news
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.

Idioms:

  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.