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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.

Idioms:

  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )