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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Render into ( অনুবাদ করা ) Render the passage into Hindi.

Idioms:

  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.