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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.
  • Aptitude for ( স্বাভাবিক দক্ষতা ) I have no aptitude for Mathematics.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Equal in ( সমতুল্য (পদমর্যদা) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.

Idioms:

  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.