"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.
  • Need for ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I have no need for more money.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Part from ( বিচ্ছিন্ন হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He parted form his friend.
  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.

Idioms:

  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.