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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Aptitude for ( স্বাভাবিক দক্ষতা ) I have no aptitude for Mathematics.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.

Idioms:

  • In vogue ( চালু ) This custom is not in vogue now.
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • In the nick of time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) The school team arrived in the nick of time.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • At arm’s length ( দূরে ) Try to keep the bad boy at arm’s length.
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.