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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.
  • Fit for ( যোগ্য ) He is not fit for the job.
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.

Idioms:

  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.