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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Marry to ( বিবাহ দেওয়া ) He married his daughter to a rich man.
  • Divert from ( অন্যদিকে নেওয়া ) The loud music diverted my attention from study.
  • Restrict to ( সীমাবব্ধ করা ) Admission was restricted to students.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.

Idioms:

  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.