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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Remedy for ( প্রতিকার ) There is no remedy for this disease.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Wonder at ( অবাক হওয়া ) I wonder at his ignorance.
  • Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.
  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.

Idioms:

  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.