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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Quarrel for ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Equal with ( সমতুল্য (ব্যক্তি) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.

Idioms:

  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.