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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Distinguish between ( প্রভেদ করা ) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause.
  • Justice to ( ন্যায় বিচার ) We should do justice to everybody.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.

Idioms:

  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • In a hurry ( তাড়াহুড়ার মধ্যে ) Don't do the work in a hurry.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )