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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Marry to ( বিবাহ দেওয়া ) He married his daughter to a rich man.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.

Idioms:

  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )