"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.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.

Idioms:

  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • In a hurry ( তাড়াহুড়ার মধ্যে ) Don't do the work in a hurry.