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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.

Idioms:

  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.