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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.
  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.

Idioms:

  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.