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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Entitled to ( অধিকারী ) He is entitled to a reward for his honesty.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Sensitive to ( সংবেদনশীল ) She is sensitive to cold.

Idioms:

  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • 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.