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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.

Idioms:

  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )