"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.
  • Care of ( যত্ন নেওয়া ) Take care of your health.
  • Disgusted at ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Rest upon ( নির্ভর করা ; বিশ্বাসস্থাপন করা ) I rest upon your promise.

Idioms:

  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.