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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.

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.
  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • Gala Day ( উৎসবের দিন ) The 15th August is a gala day to the Indians.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.