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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Excel in ( তুলনামূলক ভাবে সুন্দর হওয়া ) He excels in painting.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.
  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.

Idioms:

  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • From A to Z ( প্রথম হইতে শেষ পয্র্ন্ত ) The statement is true from A to Z.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )