"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.
  • Destined to ( ভাগ্য নির্দিষ্ট ) He was destined to death.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Appeal to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He appealed to the Headmaster for pardon.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.

Idioms:

  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )