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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.
  • Distinguish between ( প্রভেদ করা ) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Acquit of ( খালাস দেওয়া ) High court acquit him of the charge.

Idioms:

  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.