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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Differ with ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • Need for ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I have no need for more money.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.

Idioms:

  • Square meal ( পেট ভরা আহার ) He is too poor to have a square meal every day.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.