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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Yield to ( আত্মসমর্পণ করা ) He Yielded to his enemy.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Warn of ( সতর্ক করা ) He warned me of the danger.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.

Idioms:

  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.