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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Replace with another ( পরিবর্তন করা (একটি জিনিস) ) Replace this chair with new one.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.
  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.

Idioms:

  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • host in himself ( একাই একশ )
  • Of course ( অবশ্যই ) Of course, you know what that means
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )