"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.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.

Idioms:

  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.