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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.
  • Rely on ( নির্ভর করা ) You can rely on him.

Idioms:

  • By all means ( সবর্প্রকার ) Try to do it by all means.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.