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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Anxious about ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) I am anxious about my health.
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.

Idioms:

  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.