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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Rely on ( নির্ভর করা ) You can rely on him.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.
  • According to ( অনুসারে ) According to his order i went there.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.

Idioms:

  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel