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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Accused of ( অভিযুক্ত ) He is accused of corruption.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.

Idioms:

  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.