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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Arrive at ( পৌঁছানো ) We arrived at the station in time.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Interfere with ( হস্তক্ষেপ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Do not interfere with me in my business.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.

Idioms:

  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • A blessing in disguise ( বিপরীতে হিত ; প্রথমে খারাপ হিসেবে মনে হলেও পরবর্তীতে ভালো হয় ) Sam's motorcycle accident was a blessing in disguise because he got enough insurance money.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.