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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Live within ( বাঁচা ) He live within his means
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Involved in ( জড়িত ) He is involved in the plot.
  • Distinguish between ( প্রভেদ করা ) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause.

Idioms:

  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • 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.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.