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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • According to ( অনুসারে ) According to his order i went there.
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Cope with ( সামলানো ) I cannot cope with the situation.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.

Idioms:

  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.