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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Sick of ( পীড়িত, ক্লান্ত ) He is sick for home.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Bound for ( যাত্রার জন্য প্রস্তুত ) The ship is bound for England.

Idioms:

  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.