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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Fatal to ( মারাত্মক ) he doctor's mistake proved fatal to his life.
  • Arrive at ( পৌঁছানো ) We arrived at the station in time.
  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Sensible of ( বোধ সম্পন্ন ) She is sensible of the risk.
  • Burst into ( ভেঙ্গে পড়া ) He burst into tears at the sad news
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.

Idioms:

  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.