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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Rejoice at ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced at her success.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.

Idioms:

  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.