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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.

Idioms:

  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.
  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • A blessing in disguise ( বিপরীতে হিত ; প্রথমে খারাপ হিসেবে মনে হলেও পরবর্তীতে ভালো হয় ) Sam's motorcycle accident was a blessing in disguise because he got enough insurance money.