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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.
  • Faith in ( বিশ্বাস ) I have no faith in him.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Heir of ( উত্তরাধিকারী (ব্যক্তি) ) He is the heir of his uncle.

Idioms:

  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.