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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Agree on ( একমত হওয়া (নির্দিষ্ট বিষয়) ) I am agree on this point.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.

Idioms:

  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )