"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.
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.

Idioms:

  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Beggar description ( বর্ণনাতীত ) The beauty of the Taj beggars description.