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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Distinguish between ( প্রভেদ করা ) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.

Idioms:

  • Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.