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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Eligible for ( যোগ্য ) He is eligible for the post.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.

Idioms:

  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )