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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Replace with another ( পরিবর্তন করা (একটি জিনিস) ) Replace this chair with new one.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.

Idioms:

  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home