"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.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Admit into ( প্রবেশাধিকার দেওয়া ) He was admitted into the room.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • By all means ( সবর্প্রকার ) Try to do it by all means.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.