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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.

Idioms:

  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.