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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Ignorant of ( অজ্ঞ ) He is ignorant of this rule.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.

Idioms:

  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.