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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Comply with ( মেনে নেওয়া ) I shall comply with your request.
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.

Idioms:

  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.