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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.
  • Warn of ( সতর্ক করা ) He warned me of the danger.

Idioms:

  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • At large ( স্বাধীন ) The anti-socials are still at large.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.