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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Famous for ( বিখ্যাত ) Radhanager is famous for the birth place of Raja Rammohan.
  • Search of ( অনুসন্ধানে ব্যস্ত ) They are in search of nice bird.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.

Idioms:

  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.