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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Annoyed for ( বিরক্ত (কোন কিছু) ) I was annoyed for the music.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.

Idioms:

  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.