"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.
  • Inquire about ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) I inquired of him about (into) the matter.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Rely on ( নির্ভর করা ) You can rely on him.
  • Heir to ( উত্তরাধিকারী (সম্পত্তি) ) He is the heir to his uncle’s property.

Idioms:

  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.