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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • True to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is true to his master.

Idioms:

  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.