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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.
  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.

Idioms:

  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.