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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Avail of ( সুযোগ গ্রহণ করা ) You must avail yourself of the business.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).

Idioms:

  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • Ins and outs ( খুঁটিনাটি সব কিছু ) I know the ins and outs of the matter.