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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.
  • Quarrel over ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another over the property.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.

Idioms:

  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.