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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Justice to ( ন্যায় বিচার ) We should do justice to everybody.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.

Idioms:

  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • A blessing in disguise ( বিপরীতে হিত ; প্রথমে খারাপ হিসেবে মনে হলেও পরবর্তীতে ভালো হয় ) Sam's motorcycle accident was a blessing in disguise because he got enough insurance money.