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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.

Idioms:

  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.