"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.
  • Believe in ( বিশ্বাস করা ) I do not believe in his honesty.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Pass away ( মারা যাওয়া ) He passes away last night.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.

Idioms:

  • Out of temper ( ক্রুদ্ধ ) He is out of temper now.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.