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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Affection for ( স্নেহ ) The teacher feels affection for every pupils.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • In full swing ( পুরাদমে ) The school is now in full swing.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.