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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.

Idioms:

  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.