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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.

Idioms:

  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.