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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Addicted to ( আসক্ত ) He is addicted to separate.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.

Idioms:

  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.