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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Arrive at ( পৌঁছানো ) We arrived at the station in time.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.