"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.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Entitled to ( অধিকারী ) He is entitled to a reward for his honesty.
  • Boast of ( গর্ব করা ) Do not boast of your wealth.
  • Sensible of ( বোধ সম্পন্ন ) She is sensible of the risk.
  • Stare at ( একদৃষ্টিতে তাকানো ) She stared at me.

Idioms:

  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.