"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.
  • Relevant to ( প্রাসঙ্গিক ) Your remark is not relevant to the point.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.

Idioms:

  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )