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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Satisfaction in ( সন্তোষ ) I find satisfaction in gardening. Great was his satisfaction with her result.
  • Attend to ( মনোযোগ দেওয়া ) Attend to your lesson.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.

Idioms:

  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.