"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.
  • Destined to ( ভাগ্য নির্দিষ্ট ) He was destined to death.
  • Angry with ( রাগান্বিত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is angry with me for speaking against him.
  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Faith in ( বিশ্বাস ) I have no faith in him.

Idioms:

  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.