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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Charge with ( অভিযোগ করা (ত্রুটি) ) He was charged with theft.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.

Idioms:

  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.