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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.

Idioms:

  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.