"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.
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.
  • Certain of ( নিশ্চিত ) He is now certain of his ground.
  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.
  • Comply with ( মেনে নেওয়া ) I shall comply with your request.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.

Idioms:

  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )