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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Occupied with ( নিয়োজিত (কাজ) ) He is occupied with his studies.
  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.

Idioms:

  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Bring to book ( শাস্তি দেওয়া ) He should be brought to book for his misconduct.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.