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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.

Idioms:

  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )