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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Entitled to ( অধিকারী ) He is entitled to a reward for his honesty.
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Deal with ( ব্যবহার করা ) He deals well with the customers.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family