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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Devoid of ( বর্জিত ) He is devoid of common sense.
  • Die from ( মারা যাওয়া (প্রতিক্রিয়া) ) He died form over-eating.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.

Idioms:

  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.