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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Think over ( চিন্তা করা (কোনকিছু) ) Think carefully over his advice.
  • Faith in ( বিশ্বাস ) I have no faith in him.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.

Idioms:

  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Call to mind ( স্মরণ করা ) I cannot call to mind your name.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.