"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).
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Attend to ( মনোযোগ দেওয়া ) Attend to your lesson.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Inquire about ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) I inquired of him about (into) the matter.

Idioms:

  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Out of temper ( ক্রুদ্ধ ) He is out of temper now.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.