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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.
  • Acquainted with ( পরিচিত ) I am acquainted with her.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Eligible for ( যোগ্য ) He is eligible for the post.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.

Idioms:

  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )