"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.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.
  • Marry to ( বিবাহ দেওয়া ) He married his daughter to a rich man.

Idioms:

  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )