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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Rely on ( নির্ভর করা ) You can rely on him.
  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Officiate in ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (পদ) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.

Idioms:

  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )