"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.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.

Idioms:

  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.