"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.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Need of ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I am in need of more money.

Idioms:

  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.