"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.
  • Vexed for ( বিরক্ত (জিনিস) ) He is vexed with me for opposing him.
  • Favour with ( অনুগত করা ) Would you favour me with an early reply?
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.

Idioms:

  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.