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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Pass away ( মারা যাওয়া ) He passes away last night.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.

Idioms:

  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.
  • Bring to book ( শাস্তি দেওয়া ) He should be brought to book for his misconduct.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.