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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Relevant to ( প্রাসঙ্গিক ) Your remark is not relevant to the point.

Idioms:

  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.