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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Burst into ( ভেঙ্গে পড়া ) He burst into tears at the sad news
  • Quarrel over ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another over the property.
  • Excel in ( তুলনামূলক ভাবে সুন্দর হওয়া ) He excels in painting.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.

Idioms:

  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.