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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Accused of ( অভিযুক্ত ) He is accused of corruption.
  • Jump to ( তাড়াহুড়ো করে সিদ্ধান্তে আসা ) Do not jump to a conclusion without much thinking.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.

Idioms:

  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.