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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look at ( তাকানো ) Look at the moon.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Satisfied with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am satisfied with him or I am satisfied of the truth.
  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.

Idioms:

  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )