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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.

Idioms:

  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.