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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Encroach on ( অনধিকার প্রবেশ করা ) Do not encroach on my land.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.

Idioms:

  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.