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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.

Idioms:

  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.