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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Dispose of ( বিক্রয় করা ) He disposed of his books.
  • Stare at ( একদৃষ্টিতে তাকানো ) She stared at me.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.