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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.
  • Abound with ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) The ocean abounds with fish.
  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.
  • Officiate in ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (পদ) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.

Idioms:

  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.