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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • True to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is true to his master.
  • Officiate in ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (পদ) ) He officiated for me in that post.

Idioms:

  • 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?
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.