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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Dull of ( বোধশক্তিহীন ) He is dull of understanding.
  • Arrive at ( পৌঁছানো ) We arrived at the station in time.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.

Idioms:

  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) He is a black sheep in his family.