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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Compete for ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন কিছু) ) He competed for the first position.

Idioms:

  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.