"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.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.

Idioms:

  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • In the mean time ( ইতিমধ্যে ) Lila will come here to-night. In the mean time you should get her room ready.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.