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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Annoyed for ( বিরক্ত (কোন কিছু) ) I was annoyed for the music.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.

Idioms:

  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.