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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Crave for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) He craves for wealth.

Idioms:

  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.