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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Zeal for ( প্রবল উৎসাহ ) He has a zeal for social work.
  • Enquire into ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.

Idioms:

  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.