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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Comply with ( মেনে নেওয়া ) I shall comply with your request.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.

Idioms:

  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.