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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.

Idioms:

  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.