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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Excel in ( তুলনামূলক ভাবে সুন্দর হওয়া ) He excels in painting.
  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.
  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.

Idioms:

  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.