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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Loyal to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is loyal to his master.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.

Idioms:

  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.