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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Zest for ( অনুরাগ ) She has no zest for music.
  • Angry at ( রাগান্বিত (কারো আচরণ) ) I am angry at your conduct.
  • Attend to ( মনোযোগ দেওয়া ) Attend to your lesson.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.