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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Relevant to ( প্রাসঙ্গিক ) Your remark is not relevant to the point.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Arrive at ( পৌঁছানো ) We arrived at the station in time.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.

Idioms:

  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.