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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Count upon ( নির্ভর করা ) I count upon your help for this work.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.

Idioms:

  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.