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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?

Idioms:

  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.