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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Die from ( মারা যাওয়া (প্রতিক্রিয়া) ) He died form over-eating.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Devoid of ( বর্জিত ) He is devoid of common sense.
  • Famous for ( বিখ্যাত ) Radhanager is famous for the birth place of Raja Rammohan.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.

Idioms:

  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.