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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Arrive at ( পৌঁছানো ) We arrived at the station in time.
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Accused of ( অভিযুক্ত ) He is accused of corruption.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.

Idioms:

  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.