"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.
  • Aware of ( সচেতন ) Man should aware of the danger of environment pollution.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.

Idioms:

  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.