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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Distinguish between ( প্রভেদ করা ) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause.

Idioms:

  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly