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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Feel for ( সহানুভূতি অনুভব করা ) I feel for you in your trouble.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Jump at ( আগ্রহ সহকারে গ্রহণ করা ) Do not jump at the offer.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.