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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Partiality for ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He has no Partiality for his son.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Destined to ( ভাগ্য নির্দিষ্ট ) He was destined to death.
  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.

Idioms:

  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.