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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.
  • Conscious of ( সচেতন ) He is conscious of his weakness.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Yield to ( আত্মসমর্পণ করা ) He Yielded to his enemy.

Idioms:

  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.