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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Popular with ( জনপ্রিয় ) He is popular with all for his good behaviour.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.

Idioms:

  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.