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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Acquainted with ( পরিচিত ) I am acquainted with her.
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.

Idioms:

  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.