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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Complain to ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) The complained to the Director against the Manager about her behavior.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Burst into ( ভেঙ্গে পড়া ) He burst into tears at the sad news
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.

Idioms:

  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )