"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.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.

Idioms:

  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.