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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Careful of ( যত্নবান ) He is careful of his money.
  • Involved in ( জড়িত ) He is involved in the plot.
  • Warn of ( সতর্ক করা ) He warned me of the danger.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate

Idioms:

  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.