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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Need of ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I am in need of more money.

Idioms:

  • From A to Z ( প্রথম হইতে শেষ পয্র্ন্ত ) The statement is true from A to Z.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.