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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
  • Limited to ( সীমাবদ্ধ ) Invitation was limited to members only.
  • Quarrel over ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another over the property.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?

Idioms:

  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.