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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Divide among ( ভাগ করা (দুইয়ের অধিক) ) Divide the mangoes among the boys.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.
  • Prevent from ( বারণ করা ; প্রতিরোধ করা ) I prevented him from going there.‌

Idioms:

  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.