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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Responsible to ( দায়ী (প্রাধিকার) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.