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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Partiality for ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He has no Partiality for his son.
  • Warn of ( সতর্ক করা ) He warned me of the danger.
  • Appeal to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He appealed to the Headmaster for pardon.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Compare with ( তুলনা করা (সদৃশ বস্তু) ) Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.

Idioms:

  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.