"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.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Faith with ( বিশ্বাস (ভঙ্গ) ) He broke faith with me.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.

Idioms:

  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.