"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.
  • Esteem for ( শ্রদ্ধা ) He has esteem for the superiors.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Aim at ( লক্ষ্য করা ) He aimed his gun at he bird.
  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.

Idioms:

  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg