"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.
  • Quarrel for ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Responsible for ( দায়ী (কোন কার্জ) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.
  • Rest with ( নির্ভর করা ; বিশ্বাসস্থাপন করা ) The whole matter rests with you.

Idioms:

  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.