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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Aloof from ( দূরে থাকা ) Keep yourself aloof from bad company.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.

Idioms:

  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • Of course ( অবশ্যই ) Of course, you know what that means
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.