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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Distinguish between ( প্রভেদ করা ) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause.
  • Affectionate to ( স্নেহশীল ) He is affectionate to me.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.
  • Blind to ( দোষের প্রতি অন্ধ ) He is blind to his won faults.

Idioms:

  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.