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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Equal in ( সমতুল্য (পদমর্যদা) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Distinguish between ( প্রভেদ করা ) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause.
  • Feel for ( সহানুভূতি অনুভব করা ) I feel for you in your trouble.
  • Affection for ( স্নেহ ) The teacher feels affection for every pupils.
  • Laugh at ( বিদ্রুপ করা ) Do not taught at the poor.

Idioms:

  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )