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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pass away ( মারা যাওয়া ) He passes away last night.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Addicted to ( আসক্ত ) He is addicted to separate.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Jump at ( আগ্রহ সহকারে গ্রহণ করা ) Do not jump at the offer.

Idioms:

  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist