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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Certain of ( নিশ্চিত ) He is now certain of his ground.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Desire for ( ইচ্ছা ) He has no desire for fame.
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.

Idioms:

  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?