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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Attend to ( মনোযোগ দেওয়া ) Attend to your lesson.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.

Idioms:

  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )