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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Tired of ( ক্লান্ত ) I am Tired of doing the same thing day after day.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.

Idioms:

  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.