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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Need of ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I am in need of more money.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.

Idioms:

  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )