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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Argue with ( যূক্তি দেখানো (ব্যক্তি) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.

Idioms:

  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.