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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.