"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.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.

Idioms:

  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.