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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.

Idioms:

  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )