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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Distinguish between ( প্রভেদ করা ) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Blush with (for) ( লজ্জায় রাঙা হওয়া ) She blushed with shame.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.