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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.

Idioms:

  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Ins and outs ( খুঁটিনাটি সব কিছু ) I know the ins and outs of the matter.
  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.