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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.