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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Faith with ( বিশ্বাস (ভঙ্গ) ) He broke faith with me.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.

Idioms:

  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg