"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.
  • Annoyed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was annoyed with him for being late.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Argue with ( যূক্তি দেখানো (ব্যক্তি) ) I argued with him for the point.

Idioms:

  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.