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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Think over ( চিন্তা করা (কোনকিছু) ) Think carefully over his advice.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Look at ( তাকানো ) Look at the moon.
  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.

Idioms:

  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • From A to Z ( প্রথম হইতে শেষ পয্র্ন্ত ) The statement is true from A to Z.
  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.