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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Deal with ( ব্যবহার করা ) He deals well with the customers.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?

Idioms:

  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.