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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Argue with ( যূক্তি দেখানো (ব্যক্তি) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?

Idioms:

  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.