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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.

Idioms:

  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )