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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Persist in ( লেগে থাকা ) He persisted in disturbing me.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Quarrel over ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another over the property.

Idioms:

  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.