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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Distinguish between ( প্রভেদ করা ) Distinguish between a phrase and a clause.
  • Differ on ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যপার) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Burst into ( ভেঙ্গে পড়া ) He burst into tears at the sad news
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.

Idioms:

  • 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
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.