"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.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Differ on ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যপার) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.

Idioms:

  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.