"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.
  • Trust to ( বিশ্বাস করা (ব্যক্তি) ) You may trust the work to me.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Divide into ( বিভক্ত করা (অংশ) ) It was divided into several parts.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Faith with ( বিশ্বাস (ভঙ্গ) ) He broke faith with me.

Idioms:

  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.