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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.

Idioms:

  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.