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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.

Idioms:

  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )