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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Rejoice at ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced at her success.
  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.

Idioms:

  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • Out of order ( বিকল ) This car is out of order.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )