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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Quarrel over ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another over the property.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Appeal to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He appealed to the Headmaster for pardon.

Idioms:

  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.