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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Justice to ( ন্যায় বিচার ) We should do justice to everybody.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.

Idioms:

  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.