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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Rest upon ( নির্ভর করা ; বিশ্বাসস্থাপন করা ) I rest upon your promise.
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Satisfied with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am satisfied with him or I am satisfied of the truth.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.

Idioms:

  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Gala Day ( উৎসবের দিন ) The 15th August is a gala day to the Indians.