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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Zest for ( অনুরাগ ) She has no zest for music.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.

Idioms:

  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.