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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Officiate in ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (পদ) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Busy with ( ব্যস্ত ) He is busy with his studies.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.

Idioms:

  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.