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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.
  • Proud of ( গর্বিত ) He is proud of his position.
  • Informed of ( অবহিত ) I was not informed of your misfortune.

Idioms:

  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.