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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Occupied with ( নিয়োজিত (কাজ) ) He is occupied with his studies.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.

Idioms:

  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.