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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Charge on or against ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Theft was charged on (against) him.
  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.

Idioms:

  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.