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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.
  • Made of ( তৈরি ) This ring is made of gold.
  • Assign to ( নির্দিষ্ট করে দেওয়া ) He assigned the task to me.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Part with ( বিচ্ছিন্ন হওয়া (কোন জিনিস) ) She parted with the ring.

Idioms:

  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.