"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.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.
  • Careful of ( যত্নবান ) He is careful of his money.
  • Liable to ( দায়ী ) He is liable to fine for his misconduct.

Idioms:

  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.