"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.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Excel in ( তুলনামূলক ভাবে সুন্দর হওয়া ) He excels in painting.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Burst into ( ভেঙ্গে পড়া ) He burst into tears at the sad news

Idioms:

  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Bring to book ( শাস্তি দেওয়া ) He should be brought to book for his misconduct.