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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Occupied with ( নিয়োজিত (কাজ) ) He is occupied with his studies.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Invite to ( নিমন্ত্রণ করা ) I invited him to dinner.
  • Equal with ( সমতুল্য (ব্যক্তি) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.

Idioms:

  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.