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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Inquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I inquired of him about the matter.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Look at ( তাকানো ) Look at the moon.
  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.

Idioms:

  • Hold good ( প্রযুক্ত হওয়া ) This ruls will not hold good here.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.