"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.
  • Bound for ( যাত্রার জন্য প্রস্তুত ) The ship is bound for England.
  • Distinguish between ( প্রভেদ করা ) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause.
  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.

Idioms:

  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Pros and cons ( খুঁটিনাটি ) You should consider the Pros and cons of the system.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.