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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Attend to ( মনোযোগ দেওয়া ) Attend to your lesson.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.
  • Busy with ( ব্যস্ত ) He is busy with his studies.

Idioms:

  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Gala Day ( উৎসবের দিন ) The 15th August is a gala day to the Indians.
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )