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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Admit of ( স্বীকৃতি পাওয়া ) Your conduct admits of no excuse.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment

Idioms:

  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.