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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.

Idioms:

  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.