"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.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Quarrel for ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Respect of ( সম্বন্ধে ) He is junior to me in respect of service.
  • True to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is true to his master.

Idioms:

  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.