"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.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.

Idioms:

  • bad shoot ( অসংগত অনুমান )
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.