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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Obsessed with ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed with the idea.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Divert from ( অন্যদিকে নেওয়া ) The loud music diverted my attention from study.

Idioms:

  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.