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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Bound for ( যাত্রার জন্য প্রস্তুত ) The ship is bound for England.

Idioms:

  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.