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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • True to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is true to his master.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.

Idioms:

  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.