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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Devoid of ( বর্জিত ) He is devoid of common sense.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.

Idioms:

  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.