"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
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Unite with ( ঐক্যবদ্ধ হওয়া ) Be united with your friends.
  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.

Idioms:

  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )