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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Jump to ( তাড়াহুড়ো করে সিদ্ধান্তে আসা ) Do not jump to a conclusion without much thinking.
  • Angry at ( রাগান্বিত (কারো আচরণ) ) I am angry at your conduct.

Idioms:

  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.