"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.
  • Laugh at ( বিদ্রুপ করা ) Do not taught at the poor.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.

Idioms:

  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.