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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Look at ( তাকানো ) Look at the moon.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Popular with ( জনপ্রিয় ) He is popular with all for his good behaviour.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.

Idioms:

  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )