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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Look for ( খোঁজা ) I am looking for a good job.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.