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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • True to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is true to his master.

Idioms:

  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.