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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Consistent with ( সামঞ্জস্যপূর্ণ ) Your action is not consistent with the rules.
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.

Idioms:

  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.