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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Access to ( প্রবেশ অধিকার ) Public has no access to this area.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Supply to ( যোগান দেওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He supplied food to us.

Idioms:

  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.