"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.
  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Equal with ( সমতুল্য (ব্যক্তি) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Supply to ( যোগান দেওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He supplied food to us.

Idioms:

  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.