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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Live within ( বাঁচা ) He live within his means

Idioms:

  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )