"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.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.
  • Annoyed for ( বিরক্ত (কোন কিছু) ) I was annoyed for the music.
  • Heir to ( উত্তরাধিকারী (সম্পত্তি) ) He is the heir to his uncle’s property.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.

Idioms:

  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.