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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Liable to ( দায়ী ) He is liable to fine for his misconduct.
  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Think over ( চিন্তা করা (কোনকিছু) ) Think carefully over his advice.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).

Idioms:

  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.