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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.
  • Rest with ( নির্ভর করা ; বিশ্বাসস্থাপন করা ) The whole matter rests with you.
  • Unite with ( ঐক্যবদ্ধ হওয়া ) Be united with your friends.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.

Idioms:

  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home