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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Supply to ( যোগান দেওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He supplied food to us.

Idioms:

  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.