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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Arrive at ( পৌঁছানো ) We arrived at the station in time.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.

Idioms:

  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.