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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Angry at ( রাগান্বিত (কারো আচরণ) ) I am angry at your conduct.

Idioms:

  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.