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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.
  • Attach to ( জুড়ে দেওয়া ) Attach this file to the email.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.

Idioms:

  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • By all means ( সবর্প্রকার ) Try to do it by all means.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.