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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Need of ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I am in need of more money.

Idioms:

  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.