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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Partiality for ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He has no Partiality for his son.
  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.

Idioms:

  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.