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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Addicted to ( আসক্ত ) He is addicted to separate.

Idioms:

  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.