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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.

Idioms:

  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • Sink in ( আবদ্ধ হওয়া, ডুবে যাওয়া ) He sank in mud or the ship sank into the sea.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.