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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Argue for ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him for the point.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.

Idioms:

  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story