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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.
  • Capacity for ( যোগ্যতা ) He has a capacity for hard work.
  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.

Idioms:

  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.