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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Anxious about ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) I am anxious about my health.
  • Composed of ( তৈরি ) Water is composed of Hydrogen and Oxygen.
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.

Idioms:

  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.