"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.
  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.
  • Need of ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I am in need of more money.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.

Idioms:

  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.