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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.
  • Dislike for ( অপছন্দ ) He has dislike for dogs.

Idioms:

  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.