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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Angry for ( রাগান্বিত (কোন কিছু) ) I am angry for something.
  • Search of ( অনুসন্ধানে ব্যস্ত ) They are in search of nice bird.
  • Angry with ( রাগান্বিত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is angry with me for speaking against him.

Idioms:

  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.