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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Marry to ( বিবাহ দেওয়া ) He married his daughter to a rich man.

Idioms:

  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • Ins and outs ( খুঁটিনাটি সব কিছু ) I know the ins and outs of the matter.
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.