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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Divert from ( অন্যদিকে নেওয়া ) The loud music diverted my attention from study.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Render into ( অনুবাদ করা ) Render the passage into Hindi.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.

Idioms:

  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )