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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Disgusted at ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Burst into ( ভেঙ্গে পড়া ) He burst into tears at the sad news

Idioms:

  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.