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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Acquainted with ( পরিচিত ) I am acquainted with her.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Stare at ( একদৃষ্টিতে তাকানো ) She stared at me.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.

Idioms:

  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.