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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • According to ( অনুসারে ) According to his order i went there.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Key to ( সমাধানের উপায় ) He has found out the key to his problem.
  • Rest upon ( নির্ভর করা ; বিশ্বাসস্থাপন করা ) I rest upon your promise.

Idioms:

  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.