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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Count upon ( নির্ভর করা ) I count upon your help for this work.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Interfere in ( হস্তক্ষেপ করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) Do not interfere in my job.

Idioms:

  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.