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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Part from ( বিচ্ছিন্ন হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) He parted form his friend.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Marry to ( বিবাহ দেওয়া ) He married his daughter to a rich man.
  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.
  • Entitled to ( অধিকারী ) He is entitled to a reward for his honesty.

Idioms:

  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.