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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Cure of ( আরগ্য হওয়া ) He will be cured of the disease very soon.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Officiate in ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (পদ) ) He officiated for me in that post.

Idioms:

  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.