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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Belong to ( অধিকারে থাকা ) This house is no more belongs to him.

Idioms:

  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.