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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Acquainted with ( পরিচিত ) I am acquainted with her.
  • Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.

Idioms:

  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.