"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.
  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
  • Abide by ( মেনে চলা ) One should abide by the rules
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.

Idioms:

  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.