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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Pass away ( মারা যাওয়া ) He passes away last night.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.

Idioms:

  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.