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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Bound for ( যাত্রার জন্য প্রস্তুত ) The ship is bound for England.
  • Sure of ( নিশ্চিত ) I am sure of success.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Look at ( তাকানো ) Look at the moon.

Idioms:

  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.