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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Sick of ( পীড়িত, ক্লান্ত ) He is sick for home.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Entitled to ( অধিকারী ) He is entitled to a reward for his honesty.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.

Idioms:

  • In full swing ( পুরাদমে ) The school is now in full swing.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )