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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Think over ( চিন্তা করা (কোনকিছু) ) Think carefully over his advice.
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Partiality for ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He has no Partiality for his son.

Idioms:

  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • In full swing ( পুরাদমে ) The school is now in full swing.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.