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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Render into ( অনুবাদ করা ) Render the passage into Hindi.
  • Equal in ( সমতুল্য (পদমর্যদা) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.

Idioms:

  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )