"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.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Offended with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.

Idioms:

  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel