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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Quarrel for ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Laugh at ( বিদ্রুপ করা ) Do not taught at the poor.
  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.
  • Esteem for ( শ্রদ্ধা ) He has esteem for the superiors.

Idioms:

  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.