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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Responsible for ( দায়ী (কোন কার্জ) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.

Idioms:

  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Ins and outs ( খুঁটিনাটি সব কিছু ) I know the ins and outs of the matter.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )