"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.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.
  • Rejoice in ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced in her success.
  • Count upon ( নির্ভর করা ) I count upon your help for this work.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.

Idioms:

  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Out of temper ( ক্রুদ্ধ ) He is out of temper now.