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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Comply with ( মেনে নেওয়া ) I shall comply with your request.
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Pass away ( মারা যাওয়া ) He passes away last night.
  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.

Idioms:

  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • 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.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story