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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.
  • Look over ( পরীক্ষা করা ) He is looking over the answer papers.

Idioms:

  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Of course ( অবশ্যই ) Of course, you know what that means
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.