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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.
  • Stare at ( একদৃষ্টিতে তাকানো ) She stared at me.

Idioms:

  • In full swing ( পুরাদমে ) The school is now in full swing.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.