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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Congratulate on ( অভিনন্দিত করা ) I congratulate you on your success.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.

Idioms:

  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • keep your chin up ( সুখি হওয়া ) His attempt keep your chin up
  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.