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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Jump at ( আগ্রহ সহকারে গ্রহণ করা ) Do not jump at the offer.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.

Idioms:

  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )