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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Agree with ( একমত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I agree with you on this point
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • According to ( অনুসারে ) According to his order i went there.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.