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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Belong to ( অধিকারে থাকা ) This house is no more belongs to him.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.

Idioms:

  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.