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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.
  • Assign to ( নির্দিষ্ট করে দেওয়া ) He assigned the task to me.
  • Supply to ( যোগান দেওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He supplied food to us.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.

Idioms:

  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.