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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.
  • Trust to ( বিশ্বাস করা (ব্যক্তি) ) You may trust the work to me.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Attend to ( মনোযোগ দেওয়া ) Attend to your lesson.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.

Idioms:

  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.