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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Attach to ( জুড়ে দেওয়া ) Attach this file to the email.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.

Idioms:

  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • Out of temper ( ক্রুদ্ধ ) He is out of temper now.
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.