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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Responsible to ( দায়ী (প্রাধিকার) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Sick of ( পীড়িত, ক্লান্ত ) He is sick for home.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.

Idioms:

  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.