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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.
  • Glance at ( চোখ বুলিয়ে নেওয়া ) He glanced at me casually.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.

Idioms:

  • Cats and dogs ( মূষল ধারে ) It was raining cats and dogs.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )