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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Enter into ( প্রবেশ করা ) He entered into the room.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).

Idioms:

  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.