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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Quarrel for ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Rely on ( নির্ভর করা ) You can rely on him.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.

Idioms:

  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.