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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.

Idioms:

  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • Beggar description ( বর্ণনাতীত ) The beauty of the Taj beggars description.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.