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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Limited to ( সীমাবদ্ধ ) Invitation was limited to members only.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Zeal for ( প্রবল উৎসাহ ) He has a zeal for social work.

Idioms:

  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.