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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Unite with ( ঐক্যবদ্ধ হওয়া ) Be united with your friends.

Idioms:

  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.