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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Comply with ( মেনে নেওয়া ) I shall comply with your request.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Cope with ( সামলানো ) I cannot cope with the situation.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Stare at ( একদৃষ্টিতে তাকানো ) She stared at me.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.

Idioms:

  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.