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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.

Idioms:

  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.