"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.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Consistent with ( সামঞ্জস্যপূর্ণ ) Your action is not consistent with the rules.
  • Busy with ( ব্যস্ত ) He is busy with his studies.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.