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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • True to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is true to his master.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.

Idioms:

  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )