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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.
  • Assign to ( নির্দিষ্ট করে দেওয়া ) He assigned the task to me.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.

Idioms:

  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.