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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Famous for ( বিখ্যাত ) Radhanager is famous for the birth place of Raja Rammohan.
  • Careful of ( যত্নবান ) He is careful of his money.
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.

Idioms:

  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.