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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Stare at ( একদৃষ্টিতে তাকানো ) She stared at me.
  • Need of ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I am in need of more money.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.

Idioms:

  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather