"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.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Faith in ( বিশ্বাস ) I have no faith in him.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.

Idioms:

  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.