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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.

Idioms:

  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.