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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Need for ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I have no need for more money.
  • Faith in ( বিশ্বাস ) I have no faith in him.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.

Idioms:

  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.