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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Adjacent to ( সংলগ্ন ) Her college is adjacent to her house.
  • Destined to ( ভাগ্য নির্দিষ্ট ) He was destined to death.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Argue with ( যূক্তি দেখানো (ব্যক্তি) ) I argued with him for the point.

Idioms:

  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.
  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • A slow coach ( কর্মকুণ্ঠ ও মন্থর ব্যাক্তি ) Roky is known as a slow coach to his friend circle.