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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Assign to ( নির্দিষ্ট করে দেওয়া ) He assigned the task to me.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Part from ( বিচ্ছিন্ন হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He parted form his friend.

Idioms:

  • 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.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.