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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Cope with ( সামলানো ) I cannot cope with the situation.
  • Attend to ( মনোযোগ দেওয়া ) Attend to your lesson.
  • Ashamed of ( লজ্জিত ) He is not ashamed of his conduct.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Arrive at ( পৌঁছানো ) We arrived at the station in time.

Idioms:

  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • 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?
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.