"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.
  • Sensitive to ( সংবেদনশীল ) She is sensitive to cold.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.

Idioms:

  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.