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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.
  • Differ in ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (মতামত) ) They differ in their opinions.
  • Appeal to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He appealed to the Headmaster for pardon.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.

Idioms:

  • be bad at ( দক্ষ না হওয়া )
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.