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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.
  • Look at ( তাকানো ) Look at the moon.
  • Look for ( খোঁজা ) I am looking for a good job.

Idioms:

  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.