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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Obsessed with ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed with the idea.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.
  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )