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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.
  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.

Idioms:

  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.