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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Charge with ( অভিযোগ করা (ত্রুটি) ) He was charged with theft.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Indulge in ( আসক্ত হওয়া ) He indulge in drugs.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.

Idioms:

  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.