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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.

Idioms:

  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.