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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.

Idioms:

  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )