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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.
  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Ashamed of ( লজ্জিত ) He is not ashamed of his conduct.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.

Idioms:

  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • Call to mind ( স্মরণ করা ) I cannot call to mind your name.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.