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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Agree to ( একমত হওয়া (প্রস্তাব) ) I can't agree to the proposals.
  • Favour with ( অনুগত করা ) Would you favour me with an early reply?
  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.
  • Appeal to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He appealed to the Headmaster for pardon.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.

Idioms:

  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.