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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.

Idioms:

  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )