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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Believe in ( বিশ্বাস করা ) I do not believe in his honesty.
  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.
  • Differ with ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Open to ( উন্মুক্ত ) His plan is open to objection.
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.

Idioms:

  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.