"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.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Comment on ( মন্তব্য করা ) He commented favorably on the point.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.

Idioms:

  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.