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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.

Idioms:

  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • Gala Day ( উৎসবের দিন ) The 15th August is a gala day to the Indians.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.