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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.
  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.

Idioms:

  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?