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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.
  • Heir of ( উত্তরাধিকারী (ব্যক্তি) ) He is the heir of his uncle.

Idioms:

  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.