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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Consistent with ( সামঞ্জস্যপূর্ণ ) Your action is not consistent with the rules.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Assign to ( নির্দিষ্ট করে দেওয়া ) He assigned the task to me.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.

Idioms:

  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.