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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.
  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.

Idioms:

  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )