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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Remind of ( মনে করিয়ে দেওয়া (কোনকিছু) ) I reminded him of his promise.
  • Disgusted with ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.

Idioms:

  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.