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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Affection for ( স্নেহ ) The teacher feels affection for every pupils.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.

Idioms:

  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.
  • Out of order ( বিকল ) This car is out of order.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.