"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.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.

Idioms:

  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )