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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Obsessed with ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed with the idea.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.

Idioms:

  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • walk in someone shoes ( কারো অভিজ্ঞতা বা অবস্থানে থাকা বোঝায় ) When you walk in my shoes, you might understand.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.