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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.
  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Prevent from ( বারণ করা ; প্রতিরোধ করা ) I prevented him from going there.‌
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.

Idioms:

  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.