"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.
  • Sure of ( নিশ্চিত ) I am sure of success.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.

Idioms:

  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.