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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.
  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.

Idioms:

  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • Ins and outs ( খুঁটিনাটি সব কিছু ) I know the ins and outs of the matter.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.