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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Accused of ( অভিযুক্ত ) He is accused of corruption.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.

Idioms:

  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )