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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.
  • Responsible for ( দায়ী (কোন কার্জ) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.

Idioms:

  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family