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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Heir to ( উত্তরাধিকারী (সম্পত্তি) ) He is the heir to his uncle’s property.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.

Idioms:

  • blue blood ( অভিজাত বংশের রক্ত বহনকারী )
  • ABC ( প্রাথমিক জ্ঞান ) Everybody must know at least the ABC of religion.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • 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.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.