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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Deal with ( ব্যবহার করা ) He deals well with the customers.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.

Idioms:

  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Beggar description ( বর্ণনাতীত ) The beauty of the Taj beggars description.