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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Ashamed of ( লজ্জিত ) He is not ashamed of his conduct.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Arrive at ( পৌঁছানো ) We arrived at the station in time.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.

Idioms:

  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.