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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • According to ( অনুসারে ) According to his order i went there.
  • Quarrel for ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.

Idioms:

  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.