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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Yield to ( আত্মসমর্পণ করা ) He Yielded to his enemy.
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.
  • Avail of ( সুযোগ গ্রহণ করা ) You must avail yourself of the business.
  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide