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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.

Idioms:

  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.