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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Abound with ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) The ocean abounds with fish.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.

Idioms:

  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.