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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Arrive at ( পৌঁছানো ) We arrived at the station in time.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.

Idioms:

  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.