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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Replace with another ( পরিবর্তন করা (একটি জিনিস) ) Replace this chair with new one.
  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Differ with ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I differ with you on this point.

Idioms:

  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )