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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Careful of ( যত্নবান ) He is careful of his money.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • Prone to ( ঝোঁক আছে এমন ) He is prone to idleness.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.

Idioms:

  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )