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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.
  • Access to ( প্রবেশ অধিকার ) Public has no access to this area.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.