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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Famous for ( বিখ্যাত ) Radhanager is famous for the birth place of Raja Rammohan.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Acquainted with ( পরিচিত ) I am acquainted with her.

Idioms:

  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.