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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.

Idioms:

  • Out of temper ( ক্রুদ্ধ ) He is out of temper now.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.