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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • According to ( অনুসারে ) According to his order i went there.
  • Marry to ( বিবাহ দেওয়া ) He married his daughter to a rich man.
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.

Idioms:

  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.