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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Yield to ( আত্মসমর্পণ করা ) He Yielded to his enemy.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.

Idioms:

  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Pros and cons ( খুঁটিনাটি ) You should consider the Pros and cons of the system.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Out of order ( বিকল ) This car is out of order.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.