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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.

Idioms:

  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.