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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Think over ( চিন্তা করা (কোনকিছু) ) Think carefully over his advice.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Different from ( পৃথক ) This book is different from that.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Confident to ( আবদ্ধ (শয্যা) ) He is confined to bed.
  • Acquit of ( খালাস দেওয়া ) High court acquit him of the charge.

Idioms:

  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • 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
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • walk in someone shoes ( কারো অভিজ্ঞতা বা অবস্থানে থাকা বোঝায় ) When you walk in my shoes, you might understand.