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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.

Idioms:

  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.