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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.
  • Officiate for ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.

Idioms:

  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )