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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Count upon ( নির্ভর করা ) I count upon your help for this work.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.

Idioms:

  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • 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.
  • From A to Z ( প্রথম হইতে শেষ পয্র্ন্ত ) The statement is true from A to Z.