"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.
  • Weak in ( কাঁচা ) He is weak in Mathematics.
  • Mad with ( উন্মাদ প্রায় ) He is mad with pain.
  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Officiate in ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (পদ) ) He officiated for me in that post.

Idioms:

  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • Red tape ( লাল ফিতার বাঁধন ; আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা ) Red tapism causes delay in official work.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.