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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Attach to ( জুড়ে দেওয়া ) Attach this file to the email.
  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Pass away ( মারা যাওয়া ) He passes away last night.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.

Idioms:

  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.