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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate

Idioms:

  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )