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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Divide into ( বিভক্ত করা (অংশ) ) It was divided into several parts.
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Open to ( উন্মুক্ত ) His plan is open to objection.

Idioms:

  • 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.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush