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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Care of ( যত্ন নেওয়া ) Take care of your health.

Idioms:

  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.