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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.

Idioms:

  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.