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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Feel for ( সহানুভূতি অনুভব করা ) I feel for you in your trouble.
  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
  • Fit for ( যোগ্য ) He is not fit for the job.
  • Equal with ( সমতুল্য (ব্যক্তি) ) Mr.Karim is equal in rank with Mr.Rahim.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.