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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.

Idioms:

  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.