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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • True to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is true to his master.
  • Access to ( প্রবেশ অধিকার ) Public has no access to this area.

Idioms:

  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )