"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.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Count upon ( নির্ভর করা ) I count upon your help for this work.
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.

Idioms:

  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.