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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Responsible to ( দায়ী (প্রাধিকার) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.

Idioms:

  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.
  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.