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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Acquit of ( খালাস দেওয়া ) High court acquit him of the charge.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • False to ( মিথ্যাবাদী ) I cannot be false to my friend.
  • Aware of ( সচেতন ) Man should aware of the danger of environment pollution.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).

Idioms:

  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.