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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Attach to ( জুড়ে দেওয়া ) Attach this file to the email.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Heir of ( উত্তরাধিকারী (ব্যক্তি) ) He is the heir of his uncle.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.

Idioms:

  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.