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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Inquire about ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) I inquired of him about (into) the matter.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.

Idioms:

  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.