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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Excel in ( তুলনামূলক ভাবে সুন্দর হওয়া ) He excels in painting.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Interfere with ( হস্তক্ষেপ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Do not interfere with me in my business.

Idioms:

  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.