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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Capable to ( সক্ষম ) He is capable of doing this alone.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Void of ( বিহীন ) He is void of common sense.
  • Relevant to ( প্রাসঙ্গিক ) Your remark is not relevant to the point.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • Maiden speech ( প্রথম বক্তৃতা ) His maiden speech fell flat on the audience.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.