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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Attend to ( মনোযোগ দেওয়া ) Attend to your lesson.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?

Idioms:

  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.