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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Interest in ( আগ্রহ ) He has a special interest in history.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.

Idioms:

  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.