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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.

Idioms:

  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.