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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Comply with ( মেনে নেওয়া ) I shall comply with your request.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Disgusted at ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.

Idioms:

  • Of course ( অবশ্যই ) Of course, you know what that means
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.