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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Deal with ( ব্যবহার করা ) He deals well with the customers.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.

Idioms:

  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.