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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Desire for ( ইচ্ছা ) He has no desire for fame.

Idioms:

  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.