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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Rejoice at ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced at her success.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.

Idioms:

  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.