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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Excel in ( তুলনামূলক ভাবে সুন্দর হওয়া ) He excels in painting.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.

Idioms:

  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.