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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Trust to ( বিশ্বাস করা (ব্যক্তি) ) You may trust the work to me.
  • Comply with ( মেনে নেওয়া ) I shall comply with your request.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.

Idioms:

  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.