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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Render into ( অনুবাদ করা ) Render the passage into Hindi.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).

Idioms:

  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.