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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Sensible of ( বোধ সম্পন্ন ) She is sensible of the risk.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather