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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Appeal to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He appealed to the Headmaster for pardon.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.

Idioms:

  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.