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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Agree with ( একমত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I agree with you on this point
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.

Idioms:

  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Call to mind ( স্মরণ করা ) I cannot call to mind your name.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.