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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Rest upon ( নির্ভর করা ; বিশ্বাসস্থাপন করা ) I rest upon your promise.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).

Idioms:

  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.