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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.
  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.
  • True to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) He is true to his master.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.

Idioms:

  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • From A to Z ( প্রথম হইতে শেষ পয্র্ন্ত ) The statement is true from A to Z.
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.