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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.
  • According to ( অনুসারে ) According to his order i went there.
  • Affection for ( স্নেহ ) The teacher feels affection for every pupils.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.