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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.
  • Qualified for ( যোগ্য ) He is qualified for the post.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.

Idioms:

  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.