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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.
  • Sensitive to ( সংবেদনশীল ) She is sensitive to cold.

Idioms:

  • vile sycophant ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • Pros and cons ( খুঁটিনাটি ) You should consider the Pros and cons of the system.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.