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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Quarrel for ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Distinguish between ( প্রভেদ করা ) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.

Idioms:

  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.