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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.
  • Zest for ( অনুরাগ ) She has no zest for music.

Idioms:

  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.