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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Rest upon ( নির্ভর করা ; বিশ্বাসস্থাপন করা ) I rest upon your promise.
  • Need of ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I am in need of more money.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.

Idioms:

  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.