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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.

Idioms:

  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.