"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.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.

Idioms:

  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • From A to Z ( প্রথম হইতে শেষ পয্র্ন্ত ) The statement is true from A to Z.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.