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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.
  • Aim at ( লক্ষ্য করা ) He aimed his gun at he bird.
  • Desire for ( ইচ্ছা ) He has no desire for fame.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.

Idioms:

  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.