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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Access to ( প্রবেশ অধিকার ) Public has no access to this area.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Dispose of ( বিক্রয় করা ) He disposed of his books.
  • Argue with ( যূক্তি দেখানো (ব্যক্তি) ) I argued with him for the point.

Idioms:

  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.