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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Sanguine of ( নিশ্চিত ) She is sanguine of her success.

Idioms:

  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )