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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Limited to ( সীমাবদ্ধ ) Invitation was limited to members only.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Distinguish between ( প্রভেদ করা ) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause.
  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.

Idioms:

  • Bring to light ( প্রকাশ করা ) At last all the facts were brought to light.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )