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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Avail of ( সুযোগ গ্রহণ করা ) You must avail yourself of the business.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Attend to ( মনোযোগ দেওয়া ) Attend to your lesson.

Idioms:

  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.