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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.

Idioms:

  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.