"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.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.
  • Angry for ( রাগান্বিত (কোন কিছু) ) I am angry for something.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.

Idioms:

  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.
  • In full swing ( পুরাদমে ) The school is now in full swing.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.