"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.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Esteem for ( শ্রদ্ধা ) He has esteem for the superiors.
  • Burst into ( ভেঙ্গে পড়া ) He burst into tears at the sad news
  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.

Idioms:

  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.