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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.

Idioms:

  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • Out of temper ( ক্রুদ্ধ ) He is out of temper now.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.