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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Object to ( আপত্তি করা ) He objected to my proposal.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Quarrel about ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another about the property.

Idioms:

  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • In force ( বলবৎ ) This law is in force now.
  • 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?