"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.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Supply with ( যোগান দেওয়া (কোন জিনিস) ) He supplied us with food.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Destined to ( ভাগ্য নির্দিষ্ট ) He was destined to death.

Idioms:

  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.