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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Equal in ( সমতুল্য (পদমর্যদা) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.
  • Congratulate on ( অভিনন্দিত করা ) I congratulate you on your success.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.

Idioms:

  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.