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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Agree on ( একমত হওয়া (নির্দিষ্ট বিষয়) ) I am agree on this point.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.