"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.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.
  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.
  • Render into ( অনুবাদ করা ) Render the passage into Hindi.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.

Idioms:

  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.