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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.

Idioms:

  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • Round the clock ( সমস্ত দিন ) He is working round the clock.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )