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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Indulge in ( আসক্ত হওয়া ) He indulge in drugs.

Idioms:

  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.