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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Engaged with ( নিযুক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.

Idioms:

  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.