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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.
  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.

Idioms:

  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Gala Day ( উৎসবের দিন ) The 15th August is a gala day to the Indians.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.