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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.

Idioms:

  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • Of course ( অবশ্যই ) Of course, you know what that means
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home