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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.

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
  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • keep your chin up ( সুখি হওয়া ) His attempt keep your chin up
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.