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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Need for ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I have no need for more money.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.