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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Distinguish between ( প্রভেদ করা ) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause.
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.

Idioms:

  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.