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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • According to ( অনুসারে ) According to his order i went there.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.
  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.

Idioms:

  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.