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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Offended with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.

Idioms:

  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.