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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Faith with ( বিশ্বাস (ভঙ্গ) ) He broke faith with me.
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.

Idioms:

  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.