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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.

Idioms:

  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Part and parcel ( অবিচ্ছেদ্য অংশ ) Discipline is part and parcel of administration.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.