"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.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Affection for ( স্নেহ ) The teacher feels affection for every pupils.
  • Sanguine of ( নিশ্চিত ) She is sanguine of her success.

Idioms:

  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )