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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Divide into ( বিভক্ত করা (অংশ) ) It was divided into several parts.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Search of ( অনুসন্ধানে ব্যস্ত ) They are in search of nice bird.

Idioms:

  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.