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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.

Idioms:

  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.