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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Free from ( মুক্ত ) He is now free from danger.
  • Believe in ( বিশ্বাস করা ) I do not believe in his honesty.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Angry for ( রাগান্বিত (কোন কিছু) ) I am angry for something.

Idioms:

  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.