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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Argue with ( যূক্তি দেখানো (ব্যক্তি) ) I argued with him for the point.

Idioms:

  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather