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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Distinguish between ( প্রভেদ করা ) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.

Idioms:

  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide