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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Abide by ( মেনে চলা ) One should abide by the rules
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.

Idioms:

  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.