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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Differ on ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যপার) ) I differ with you on this point.

Idioms:

  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )
  • In a fix ( মুশকিলে পতিত ) He is in a fix and does not know what to do.