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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Consistent with ( সামঞ্জস্যপূর্ণ ) Your action is not consistent with the rules.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Acquit of ( খালাস দেওয়া ) High court acquit him of the charge.

Idioms:

  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.