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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Anxious about ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) I am anxious about my health.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.

Idioms:

  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • 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.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.