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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.
  • Limited to ( সীমাবদ্ধ ) Invitation was limited to members only.
  • Provide with ( সরবরাহ করা (কোন জিনিস) ) I provide (supply) him with food.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Stare at ( একদৃষ্টিতে তাকানো ) She stared at me.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )