"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.
  • Abide by ( মেনে চলা ) One should abide by the rules
  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.
  • Obsessed with ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed with the idea.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.

Idioms:

  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.