"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.
  • Desire for ( ইচ্ছা ) He has no desire for fame.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Cure of ( আরগ্য হওয়া ) He will be cured of the disease very soon.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.

Idioms:

  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.