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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.

Idioms:

  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.