"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.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Officiate for ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • Bird of a feather ( এক রকম স্বভাবের লোক ) Birds of a feather flock together.
  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )