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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Zest for ( অনুরাগ ) She has no zest for music.
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Care of ( যত্ন নেওয়া ) Take care of your health.

Idioms:

  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.