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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Agree with ( একমত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I agree with you on this point
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Agree to ( একমত হওয়া (প্রস্তাব) ) I can't agree to the proposals.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Addicted to ( আসক্ত ) He is addicted to separate.
  • Open to ( উন্মুক্ত ) His plan is open to objection.

Idioms:

  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.