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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Invite to ( নিমন্ত্রণ করা ) I invited him to dinner.
  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Justice to ( ন্যায় বিচার ) We should do justice to everybody.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.

Idioms:

  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • A slow coach ( কর্মকুণ্ঠ ও মন্থর ব্যাক্তি ) Roky is known as a slow coach to his friend circle.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.