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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.
  • Angry with ( রাগান্বিত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is angry with me for speaking against him.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.

Idioms:

  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )