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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.
  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.

Idioms:

  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.