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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Bound for ( যাত্রার জন্য প্রস্তুত ) The ship is bound for England.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.

Idioms:

  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.