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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Affectionate to ( স্নেহশীল ) He is affectionate to me.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.

Idioms:

  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • By all means ( সবর্প্রকার ) Try to do it by all means.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.