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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Annoyed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was annoyed with him for being late.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.

Idioms:

  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.