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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Admit to ( ভর্তি করা ) Khadil was admitted to university.
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.

Idioms:

  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )