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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Heir to ( উত্তরাধিকারী (সম্পত্তি) ) He is the heir to his uncle’s property.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.

Idioms:

  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.