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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Favour with ( অনুগত করা ) Would you favour me with an early reply?
  • Close to ( নিকটে ) The school is very close to our house.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.

Idioms:

  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • Out of order ( বিকল ) This car is out of order.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.