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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.

Idioms:

  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.