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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Differ on ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যপার) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Interfere in ( হস্তক্ষেপ করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) Do not interfere in my job.
  • Devote to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) He devotes much time to study.

Idioms:

  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.