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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.

Idioms:

  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.