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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.
  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Devoid of ( বর্জিত ) He is devoid of common sense.

Idioms:

  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.