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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Accused of ( অভিযুক্ত ) He is accused of corruption.
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Faith with ( বিশ্বাস (ভঙ্গ) ) He broke faith with me.
  • Sick of ( পীড়িত, ক্লান্ত ) He is sick for home.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • Pros and cons ( খুঁটিনাটি ) You should consider the Pros and cons of the system.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.