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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Worthy of ( যোগ্য ) He is worthy of our praise.

Idioms:

  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • Pros and cons ( খুঁটিনাটি ) You should consider the Pros and cons of the system.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • A slow coach ( কর্মকুণ্ঠ ও মন্থর ব্যাক্তি ) Roky is known as a slow coach to his friend circle.