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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Affectionate to ( স্নেহশীল ) He is affectionate to me.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.

Idioms:

  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • Out of order ( বিকল ) This car is out of order.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.