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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.

Idioms:

  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.