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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Think over ( চিন্তা করা (কোনকিছু) ) Think carefully over his advice.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.

Idioms:

  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.