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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Justice to ( ন্যায় বিচার ) We should do justice to everybody.
  • Excel in ( তুলনামূলক ভাবে সুন্দর হওয়া ) He excels in painting.
  • True to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is true to his master.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.

Idioms:

  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.