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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Distinguish between ( প্রভেদ করা ) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.

Idioms:

  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Call to mind ( স্মরণ করা ) I cannot call to mind your name.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.