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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Equal with ( সমতুল্য (ব্যক্তি) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.

Idioms:

  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • A blessing in disguise ( বিপরীতে হিত ; প্রথমে খারাপ হিসেবে মনে হলেও পরবর্তীতে ভালো হয় ) Sam's motorcycle accident was a blessing in disguise because he got enough insurance money.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.