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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.

Idioms:

  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Out of order ( বিকল ) This car is out of order.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • Pros and cons ( খুঁটিনাটি ) You should consider the Pros and cons of the system.