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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Quarrel with ( কলহ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • According to ( অনুসারে ) According to his order i went there.
  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.

Idioms:

  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.