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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Access to ( প্রবেশ অধিকার ) Public has no access to this area.
  • Crave for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) He craves for wealth.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.

Idioms:

  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • 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.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.