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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Differ with ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I differ with you on this point.

Idioms:

  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.