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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.

Idioms:

  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.