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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.
  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.

Idioms:

  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.