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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.
  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Made of ( তৈরি ) This ring is made of gold.

Idioms:

  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.