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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Destined to ( ভাগ্য নির্দিষ্ট ) He was destined to death.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.
  • Famous for ( বিখ্যাত ) Radhanager is famous for the birth place of Raja Rammohan.
  • Admit into ( প্রবেশাধিকার দেওয়া ) He was admitted into the room.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.

Idioms:

  • Gala Day ( উৎসবের দিন ) The 15th August is a gala day to the Indians.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.