"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.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Live within ( বাঁচা ) He live within his means

Idioms:

  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.