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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Bound for ( যাত্রার জন্য প্রস্তুত ) The ship is bound for England.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.

Idioms:

  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • Ins and outs ( খুঁটিনাটি সব কিছু ) I know the ins and outs of the matter.