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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Believe in ( বিশ্বাস করা ) I do not believe in his honesty.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Inquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I inquired of him about the matter.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.