"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.
  • Occupied with ( নিয়োজিত (কাজ) ) He is occupied with his studies.
  • Laugh at ( বিদ্রুপ করা ) Do not taught at the poor.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.

Idioms:

  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • Pros and cons ( খুঁটিনাটি ) You should consider the Pros and cons of the system.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.