"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.
  • Rest with ( নির্ভর করা ; বিশ্বাসস্থাপন করা ) The whole matter rests with you.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Certain of ( নিশ্চিত ) He is now certain of his ground.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.