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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Open to ( উন্মুক্ত ) His plan is open to objection.
  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.

Idioms:

  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.