"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.
  • Marry to ( বিবাহ দেওয়া ) He married his daughter to a rich man.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Faithful to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) The dog is faithful to his master.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.

Idioms:

  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.