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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.

Idioms:

  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • Slow coach ( অলস প্রকৃতির লোক ) You cannot expect much from a slow coach like him.
  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.