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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Faith with ( বিশ্বাস (ভঙ্গ) ) He broke faith with me.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Difference between ( পার্থক্য ) There is no difference between the two brothers.
  • Remind of ( মনে করিয়ে দেওয়া (কোনকিছু) ) I reminded him of his promise.
  • Ignorant of ( অজ্ঞ ) He is ignorant of this rule.

Idioms:

  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.