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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • According to ( অনুসারে ) According to his order i went there.
  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.

Idioms:

  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )