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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Abide by ( মেনে চলা ) One should abide by the rules
  • Angry for ( রাগান্বিত (কোন কিছু) ) I am angry for something.
  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.

Idioms:

  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Hold good ( প্রযুক্ত হওয়া ) This ruls will not hold good here.