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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.
  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.
  • Tired of ( ক্লান্ত ) I am Tired of doing the same thing day after day.
  • Angry with ( রাগান্বিত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is angry with me for speaking against him.

Idioms:

  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )