"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.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Sensible of ( বোধ সম্পন্ন ) She is sensible of the risk.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Worthy of ( যোগ্য ) He is worthy of our praise.

Idioms:

  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.