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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Eligible for ( যোগ্য ) He is eligible for the post.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.