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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Equal with ( সমতুল্য (ব্যক্তি) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Need for ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I have no need for more money.
  • Blind of ( দৃষ্টিশক্তিতে অন্ধ ) He is blind of one eye.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.

Idioms:

  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.