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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Destined to ( ভাগ্য নির্দিষ্ট ) He was destined to death.
  • Aim at ( লক্ষ্য করা ) He aimed his gun at he bird.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.

Idioms:

  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.