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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.

Idioms:

  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.