"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.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.

Idioms:

  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.