"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.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Rejoice in ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced in her success.
  • Send for ( ডেকে পাঠানো ) Send for a doctor immediately.

Idioms:

  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.