"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.
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
  • Remedy for ( প্রতিকার ) There is no remedy for this disease.
  • Bound for ( যাত্রার জন্য প্রস্তুত ) The ship is bound for England.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).

Idioms:

  • Of course ( অবশ্যই ) Of course, you know what that means
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.