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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Useful to ( প্রয়োজনীয় (ব্যক্তি) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.

Idioms:

  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )