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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.
  • Respect of ( সম্বন্ধে ) He is junior to me in respect of service.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.

Idioms:

  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )