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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Rejoice in ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced in her success.

Idioms:

  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg