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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Differ with ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • Lacking in ( অভাব আছে এমন ) He is lacking in courage.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.

Idioms:

  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.