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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.

Idioms:

  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )