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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.

Idioms:

  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • By leaps and bounds ( অতি দ্রুতগতিতে ) The population of Bangladesh is increasing by leaps and bounds.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.