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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Made of ( তৈরি ) This ring is made of gold.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Feel for ( সহানুভূতি অনুভব করা ) I feel for you in your trouble.

Idioms:

  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.