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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.

Idioms:

  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Hold good ( প্রযুক্ত হওয়া ) This ruls will not hold good here.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.