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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Argue with ( যূক্তি দেখানো (ব্যক্তি) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • According to ( অনুসারে ) According to his order i went there.
  • Proud of ( গর্বিত ) He is proud of his position.
  • Vexed for ( বিরক্ত (জিনিস) ) He is vexed with me for opposing him.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )