"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.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.

Idioms:

  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.