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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Yield to ( আত্মসমর্পণ করা ) He Yielded to his enemy.

Idioms:

  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )