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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Justice to ( ন্যায় বিচার ) We should do justice to everybody.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.

Idioms:

  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.