"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.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.

Idioms:

  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.