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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Aim at ( লক্ষ্য করা ) He aimed his gun at he bird.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Involved in ( জড়িত ) He is involved in the plot.

Idioms:

  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • A slow coach ( কর্মকুণ্ঠ ও মন্থর ব্যাক্তি ) Roky is known as a slow coach to his friend circle.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )