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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Look at ( তাকানো ) Look at the moon.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • Assign to ( নির্দিষ্ট করে দেওয়া ) He assigned the task to me.
  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.

Idioms:

  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.