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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Blind of ( দৃষ্টিশক্তিতে অন্ধ ) He is blind of one eye.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.

Idioms:

  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.