"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.
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Search of ( অনুসন্ধানে ব্যস্ত ) They are in search of nice bird.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.

Idioms:

  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.