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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.

Idioms:

  • Of course ( অবশ্যই ) Of course, you know what that means
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.