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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Divert from ( অন্যদিকে নেওয়া ) The loud music diverted my attention from study.
  • Attend to ( মনোযোগ দেওয়া ) Attend to your lesson.
  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.

Idioms:

  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • Pros and cons ( খুঁটিনাটি ) You should consider the Pros and cons of the system.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.