"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.
  • Avail of ( সুযোগ গ্রহণ করা ) You must avail yourself of the business.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Yield to ( আত্মসমর্পণ করা ) He Yielded to his enemy.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.

Idioms:

  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.