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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Limited to ( সীমাবদ্ধ ) Invitation was limited to members only.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.

Idioms:

  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.