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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Abide by ( মেনে চলা ) One should abide by the rules
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • From A to Z ( প্রথম হইতে শেষ পয্র্ন্ত ) The statement is true from A to Z.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.