"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.
  • Dispose of ( বিক্রয় করা ) He disposed of his books.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Look at ( তাকানো ) Look at the moon.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.

Idioms:

  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.