"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.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Laugh at ( বিদ্রুপ করা ) Do not taught at the poor.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.

Idioms:

  • Gala Day ( উৎসবের দিন ) The 15th August is a gala day to the Indians.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.