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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.

Idioms:

  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.