"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.
  • Qualified for ( যোগ্য ) He is qualified for the post.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Annoyed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was annoyed with him for being late.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.

Idioms:

  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )