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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Consistent with ( সামঞ্জস্যপূর্ণ ) Your action is not consistent with the rules.
  • Succeed in ( সাফল্য লাভ করা ) He will succeed in life.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Marry to ( বিবাহ দেওয়া ) He married his daughter to a rich man.
  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.

Idioms:

  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Gala Day ( উৎসবের দিন ) The 15th August is a gala day to the Indians.
  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.