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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Famous for ( বিখ্যাত ) Radhanager is famous for the birth place of Raja Rammohan.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.

Idioms:

  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.