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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Fit for ( যোগ্য ) He is not fit for the job.
  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.
  • Believe in ( বিশ্বাস করা ) I do not believe in his honesty.
  • Equal in ( সমতুল্য (পদমর্যদা) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.
  • Plead with ( ওকালতি করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I pleaded with him for justice.

Idioms:

  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.