"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.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Blind to ( দোষের প্রতি অন্ধ ) He is blind to his won faults.
  • Invite to ( নিমন্ত্রণ করা ) I invited him to dinner.
  • Acquit of ( খালাস দেওয়া ) High court acquit him of the charge.
  • Justice to ( ন্যায় বিচার ) We should do justice to everybody.

Idioms:

  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.