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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Need for ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I have no need for more money.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Bound for ( যাত্রার জন্য প্রস্তুত ) The ship is bound for England.
  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.