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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Acquit of ( খালাস দেওয়া ) High court acquit him of the charge.
  • Supply to ( যোগান দেওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He supplied food to us.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.

Idioms:

  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.