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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Replace with another ( পরিবর্তন করা (একটি জিনিস) ) Replace this chair with new one.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Charge with ( অভিযোগ করা (ত্রুটি) ) He was charged with theft.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.

Idioms:

  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • 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.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.