"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.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.

Idioms:

  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg