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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.

Idioms:

  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )