"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.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Divert from ( অন্যদিকে নেওয়া ) The loud music diverted my attention from study.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.

Idioms:

  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.