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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Differ on ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যপার) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Think over ( চিন্তা করা (কোনকিছু) ) Think carefully over his advice.

Idioms:

  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Gala Day ( উৎসবের দিন ) The 15th August is a gala day to the Indians.