"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.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Differ on ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যপার) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.

Idioms:

  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • By all means ( সবর্প্রকার ) Try to do it by all means.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.