"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.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.

Idioms:

  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.