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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.

Idioms:

  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )