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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Differ on ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যপার) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • Blind of ( দৃষ্টিশক্তিতে অন্ধ ) He is blind of one eye.

Idioms:

  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.