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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.

Idioms:

  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • From A to Z ( প্রথম হইতে শেষ পয্র্ন্ত ) The statement is true from A to Z.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story