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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Affection for ( স্নেহ ) The teacher feels affection for every pupils.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.

Idioms:

  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Gala Day ( উৎসবের দিন ) The 15th August is a gala day to the Indians.
  • keep your chin up ( সুখি হওয়া ) His attempt keep your chin up
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )